Union Army signal station, Carrollton, Louisiana: photograph

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Collection MS-2020-021: Union Army signal station, Carrollton, Louisiana: photograph

Dates

Creation: Not before March 1863

Scope and Contents

View of a Union Army signal station, built in a tree, with a flag-carrying soldier standing on top and other men standing near the base of the tree. A sailing ship and city skyline appear in the background. This image appears in The Signal Corps, U.S.A. in the War of the Rebellion (1896), by J. Willard Brown. Attributed to Jay Dearborn Edwards.

Creator

Edwards, J. D. (Jay Dearborn), 1831-1900 (Person)

Restrictions on access

Open for research.

Restrictions on use

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Historical Note

The Charleston Mercury of March 3, 1863 reported the building of a signal station in the top of an oak tree on the banks of the Mississippi upriver from New Orleans.